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Is the Prophetic Hadith: "Leave the Abyssinians alone as long as they leave you alone, for indeed, no one will extract the treasure of the Kaaba except the one with the two small shins from Abyssinia" authentic, and does it contradict previous attacks on the Kaaba, or is it a false prophecy?

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The question comprises two points:

First: The grade of the hadith: "Leave the Abyssinians as long as they leave you." This hadith is hasan (good) due to its collective طرق (chains of narration), which are three. The weakness of each chain is explained, along with the reason for grading the hadith as hasan. The core meaning of the hadith is established: that the destruction of the Kaaba will be at the hands of Dhul-Suwayqatayn from Abyssinia.

Second: What the questioner understood from theith, that no one can attack the Kaaba except the Abyssinian, whereas the Kaaba has been attacked more than once. The answer to this is that the hadith does not convey this meaning. Rather, it affirms that the one who will extract the Kaaba's treasure and destroy it is the Abyssinian. This does not negate that it was attacked before that event, and that the destruction of the Kaaba at the end of time will be at the hands of this Abyssinian after the emergence of Gog and Magog and the death of Jesus, peace be upon him.

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